Stimulated by Zhang et al 2025.[1] Visual abstract from Zhang et al 2025.[1] EA – electroacupuncturePVCs – premature ventricular complexesMI – myocardial infarctionIF – impact factorVF – ventricular fibrillationECG – electrocardiogramAAV – adeno-associated virusDREADD – designer receptor exclusively activated by designer drugM1L5 – lamina 5 of the primary motor cortexRVLM – rostral ventrolateral medullaZI – … Continue reading EA for PVCs post-MI 2025
Stimulated by Zhang et al 2025.[1] Visual abstract from Zhang et al.[1] EA – electroacupunctureMIA – maternal immune activationIF – impact factorAPC – author processing chargeUSD – US dollarsPoly (I:C) – polyinosinic-polycytidylic acidRNA – ribose nucleic acidIL6 – interleukin 6 (a proinflammatory cytokine)MCP-1 – monocyte chemoattractant protein 1 (a downstream chemokine of IL6)α7nAChR – the … Continue reading Pre-natal EA for MIA 2025
Stimulated by Dong et al 2025.[1] Graphical abstract from Dong et al 2025.[1] EA – electroacupunctureGI – gastrointestinal function (but mainly gastric here)IF – impact factorDMV – dorsal motor nucleus of the vagusChAT – choline O-acetyltransferaseGECI – genetically encoded calcium indicatorGCaMP6s – a fusion protein combining a fluorescent reporter, a calcium binding protein, and a … Continue reading EA and GI function 2025
Inspired by Zhang et al and Yang et al 2025.[1,2] Tianjin Eye on the Hai river. Photo by Vishnu Panday on Pexels.com VCID – vascular cognitive impairment and dementiaIF – impact factorVCIND – vascular cognitive impairment no dementiaJIA – juvenile idiopathic arthritisRAS – family of genes that encode small GTPase proteins (literally short for RAt … Continue reading Ferroptosis acupuncture and VCID
Inspired by Daneffel et al 2025.[1] Consistent ARF following EA at 12mA for 30 minutes. ARF – axon reflex flareMSK – musculoskeletalEA – electroacupunctureR – rectangular square waveHS – half-sine waveCSI – closed-state inactivation – ket to acronyms I am not sure how this paper ended up in my search results, but it captured my … Continue reading Silent C–nociceptors and ARF
Inspired by Liu et al 2025.[1] Photo by Freeman Zhou on Unsplash – Shanghai, China. EA – electroacupunctureIF – impact factorAPI – allergic pulmonary inflammationSP – spinous processCHRM3 – cholinergic receptor muscarinic 3CHRM4 – cholinergic receptor muscarinic 4 – key to acronyms This paper is from the British Journal of Pharmacology (IF 6.8) – a … Continue reading BL13 EA in asthma
Stimulated by Hoheisel et al 2025.[1] Top part of Figure 1 in Hoheisel et al 2025.[1] DRG – dorsal root ganglionFG – fluorogold or fluorochrome yellowc-fos – a protein from the Fos family widely used as a marker for neuronal activityc-fos-ir – c-fos immunoreactivityDH – dorsal horn (of the spinal cord)VLP – ventral posterolateral nucleus … Continue reading Muscle pain – a neuroanatomical basis
Stimulated by Kazue Mizumura and Toru Taguchi 2024.[1] Figure 12 from Mizumura and Taguchi 2024.[1] IF – impact factorGPT – generative pre-trained transformerDRG – dorsal root ganglionDOMS – delayed onset muscle sorenessLC – lengthening contractionEDL – extensor digitorum longusNGF – nerve growth factorGDNF – glial cell line derived neurotrophic factorASIC – acid sensing ion channelTRPV … Continue reading Muscle pain – the neurochemical basis
Inspired by Kwon et al 2024.[1] AI generated image. EA – electroacupunctureMA – manual acupuncture (referred to as AC in the paper)CHHF – cold hypersensitivity in the hands and feetVAS – visual analogue scaleWHOQOL-BREF – World Health Organisation quality of life brief scaleQoL – quality of lifeANOVA – analysis of variance – key to acronyms … Continue reading EA or MA for CHHF 2024
Inspired by Titiz et al 2024.[1] AI generated image. SCs – Schwann cellsIF – impact factorAMA – abdominal mechanical allodyniaPMA – periorbital mechanical allodyniaHMA – hind paw mechanical allodyniaC5a – a small soluble pro-inflammatory peptide that functions as an anaphylatoxinDAMPs – damage-associated molecular patternsC5aR1 – C5a receptor 1GPCR – G protein-coupled receptorNLRP1 – NOD-like receptor … Continue reading SCs in endometriosis pain 2024
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